Technology areas: Computing & Software • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
K-Rain Manufacturing Corp. has 1 pending office action in the Computing & Software technology area. The current prosecution is limited to 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit. Darrin D Dunn is the busiest examiner, responsible for the 1 pending office action currently on record.
This indicates a specific software-related focus for the company's manufacturing technology. Practitioners should note that the current examination is confined to 1 art unit, which may simplify the coordination of prosecution strategies. This focused distribution reflects a specific technological scope for the company's current patenting efforts. The alignment of the workload under a single examiner indicates a narrow point of contact within the patent office. The absence of multiple pending matters suggests that the company is prioritizing specific innovations within the Computing & Software sector. Such a concentrated profile may result in more predictable prosecution timelines compared to portfolios spread across numerous art units.
Difficulty is derived from the rejection statutes on the most recent pending office action. §101-driven and multi-statute cases are graded Hard; §112-only and obviousness-type double-patenting cases are graded Easy; everything else is Medium. "Unknown" means we have not yet parsed a statute for that office action.
| Bucket | Cases |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (100%) |
How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.
Manual office-action response work runs about 10 hours per case. The time-saved bands below show what IP Author's prosecution pipeline typically delivers — a conservative 20% on the low end, 35% in the middle, 50% on the high end.
| Examiner | Apps on this docket | Allow rate | Interview lift |
|---|---|---|---|
| DUNN, DARRIN D | 1 | 75.3% | +24.4% |
| BOECKMANN, JASON J | 1 | 49.0% | +28.7% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18907105 | CONTROL SYSTEM FOR AN IRRIGATION SYSTEM VALVE USING WIRELESS COMMUNICATION | DUNN, DARRIN D | — |
| 18778526 | SPRINKLER HEAD NOZZLE ASSEMBLY WITH NOZZLE GUARD | BOECKMANN, JASON J | — |
Cases in front of an examiner whose interview lift is 10 percentage points or more — i.e. interviewed cases historically resolve more favorably than non-interviewed ones. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18907105 | CONTROL SYSTEM FOR AN IRRIGATION SYSTEM VALVE USING WIRELESS COMMUNICATION | DUNN, DARRIN D | — |
| 18778526 | SPRINKLER HEAD NOZZLE ASSEMBLY WITH NOZZLE GUARD | BOECKMANN, JASON J | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2117 | 1 |
| 3752 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18907105 | CONTROL SYSTEM FOR AN IRRIGATION SYSTEM VALVE USING WIRELESS COMMUNICATION | DUNN, DARRIN D | 2117 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 04, 2024 |
| 18778526 | SPRINKLER HEAD NOZZLE ASSEMBLY WITH NOZZLE GUARD | BOECKMANN, JASON J | 3752 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 19, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialK-Rain Manufacturing Corp. has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
Darrin D Dunn has the most, with 1 of K-Rain Manufacturing Corp.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Computing & Software (USPTO Tech Center 2100), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
